As of Tuesday, November 16, 2021, Montana reports 186,207 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,038 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since yesterday: 183 new cases in Yellowstone County, 137 new cases in Gallatin County, 116 new cases in Cascade County, and more new cases in 44 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 7,242. Currently, 307 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,513 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Twenty-three more people’s deaths have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 763,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 47,200,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

New England COVID cases are on the rise as the Delta variant of the coronavirus sickens unvaccinated people. Vermont and New Hampshire have seen two of the largest increases in the U.S. in the past two weeks, with increases in coronavirus cases of 60 percent in Vermont and 56 percent in New Hampshire.

A Texas doctor suspended from a Houston hospital for spreading ‘misinformation’ about COVID-19 has resigned. Dr. Mary Bowden, an ear, nose and throat doctor, had her medical staff privileges suspended after she spread COVID-19 “misinformation” on her social media accounts.

For the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, there’s a tax reporting change that takes effect in January. It’ll require payment app providers to report to the IRS a user’s business transactions, meaning, payments for a good or service, if they total $600 or more for the year.